Posted Apr 11, 2022, 6:34 PM It’s the end of the Ucar adventure as an independent company. The local car rental company founded by Jean-Claude Puerto will be taken over by Cosmobilis, a group born at the end of 2021 with the ambition of offering automotive mobility in all its forms, and in which Crédit… Continue reading Automobile: the rental company Ucar passes into the orbit of the Cosmobilis group
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Automotive: Chinese market severely hampered by return of Covid
Posted on Apr 11, 2022 at 2:54 p.m.Updated on Apr 11, 2022 at 3:42 p.m. The images of the main deserted arteries of Shanghai broadcast on social networks give the measure of the extent of the new wave of Covid-19 contamination in the Chinese economic capital, but not only. The confinements put in place in… Continue reading Automotive: Chinese market severely hampered by return of Covid
5 things to know about the 20 million electric vehicles in the world
Posted on Apr 11, 2022 at 2:18 p.m.Updated on Apr 11, 2022 at 2:25 p.m. This is a milestone in the automotive industry: the global fleet of electric vehicles in circulation will soon exceed 20 million units. This is affirmed by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) in a new study, which estimates that this threshold… Continue reading 5 things to know about the 20 million electric vehicles in the world
How Tesla is reinventing car production with its “giga presses”
Posted Apr 7, 2022, 1:30 PM Elon Musk is not content with simply revolutionizing the automobile. The global electric car pioneer is also becoming a noted industrial innovator: it has been using ‘giga presses’ to build its cars for the past two years – a breakthrough carefully studied by many manufacturers, including Mercedes and Volvo.… Continue reading How Tesla is reinventing car production with its “giga presses”
The French automotive market ends its worst quarter for 40 years
Posted Apr 1, 2022, 7:24 a.m.Updated Apr 1, 2022, 7:33 a.m. After two years undermined by the Covid pandemic and shortages of semiconductors, professionals were convinced that the French automotive market would rebound in 2022. The catastrophic first quarter figures make this scenario increasingly hypothetical. According to statistics published this Friday by the Automotive Platform… Continue reading The French automotive market ends its worst quarter for 40 years
Electric car: Battery cost drives up prices at Tesla
With nearly 25,000 registrations, Tesla’s Model 3 has won the title of best-selling electric car in France in 2021, but repeating the performance will be complicated this year. The manufacturer’s website announces a delivery time of nine months for the basic version and, above all, its price jumped in a few days: between the beginning… Continue reading Electric car: Battery cost drives up prices at Tesla
Automotive: Plastic Omnium continues to diversify into electrics
Step by step, Plastic Omnium is reshaping its product portfolio to adapt to the scheduled disappearance of internal combustion engines. The equipment manufacturer announced two investments in electric mobility on Tuesday, including one in the promising young tricolor Verkor, chosen by Renault to become one of its battery suppliers. Plastic Omnium will participate in the… Continue reading Automotive: Plastic Omnium continues to diversify into electrics
Lamborghini: “Someone who buys a car over 2 million euros wants to be sure that it is a good investment”
Between the Covid virus and the war in Ukraine, we should not miss 2021, a narrow window of opportunity for auto manufacturers. This is what Lamborghini has achieved, which is posting record results in terms of both volumes and value. The Sant’Agata Bolognese bull delivered 8,405 vehicles over twelve months, or 13% more over one… Continue reading Lamborghini: “Someone who buys a car over 2 million euros wants to be sure that it is a good investment”
Why the retreat from Russia is a real blow for Renault
Does a black cat haunt the corridors of Renault headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt? One might think so, given the calamities that regularly befall the French manufacturer. Plunged into a very bad patch following the Ghosn affair, the Losange saw its recovery hampered by the health crisis, then the shortage of semiconductors. And while the 2021 results… Continue reading Why the retreat from Russia is a real blow for Renault
Renault, fifteen wild years in the land of the Soviets
Faced with the bronca towards its presence in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine by the troops of Vladimir Putin, the French manufacturer ended up giving in and starting its withdrawal from the country, reluctantly. The end of an epic launched by Carlos Ghosn is fast approaching. Go to Source